45th EPC’s COPRODUCTION FORUM BERLINALE

The European Producers Club (EPC) is launching a Call for Projects for its next Coproduction Forum, which will take place during the Berlin International Film Festival 2011 at Hogan Lovells offices in Potsdamer Platz, 1, on Sunday, February 13th.
 
As part of its efforts to strengthen the European film industry, the EPC yearly organises four Coproduction Forums aimed at offering producers developing a project the possibility to meet a wide range of film professionals (co-producers, distributors, sales agents, etc.) based on their project's needs.
 
On the occasion of its 45th edition, a delegation of five film professionals from Abu Dhabi will be attending the Coproduction Forum with their own projects.  Since they will be looking for European partners, this could be a great opportunity to present your company !
 
If you whish to participate at the forum with a project, please use the application form provided in our website (section “Application Form”): www.europeanproducersclub.org
 
Make sure you fill in all required information and return the form together with a photo to: forums@ europeanproducersclub.org
 
If selected, you will have the opportunity to:
 
·      Meet individually a wide variety of film professionals according to your project’s needs, including producers, sales agents, distributors, film commissions, etc.
 
·      Participate in the following forums organised by the EPC during the year, in the frame of the major European Film Festivals, as your project will be automatically selected
 
·      Benefit from the support of the EPC in-between events
 
·      Exclusively this year, meet with five of the most relevant film professionals from Abu Dhabi !
 
 
Participation Conditions:
 
·      Producers with, at least, two films produced and released in movie theatres are eligible
·      A selected project will be automatically chosen in following events (only under producer’s approval and confirmation)
·      When selected, participants will be charged a participation fee of 200€ / Forum (free of charge for EPC and ECN Members)
·      Deadline: January 7th, 2011
 
Since 2002, the EPC has successfully organised 44 Coproduction Forums, involving over 3,400 participants.
 
In 2010, 83 projects from 16 European countries were presented at the EPC forums. Our goal to provide a suitable number of meetings for each project was well met, since 415 meetings were set up between professionals from 24 different European countries.
 
Over the years selected projects have included some award-winning directors such as Peter Greenaway, Aleksandr Sokurov, Agnieszka Holland and Renny Harlin.
 
Some award-winning films presented at our Forums include Pandora’s Box (Yesim Ustaoglu), Il Divo (Paolo Sorrentino) or Lemon Tree (Eran Rikklis).
 
Regular participants include representatives from companies such as Bavaria International (Germany), Memento Films (France), Future Films (UK), Morena Films (Spain), Prokino Film (Germany), or Fortissimo (Netherlands).
 
 
45th EPC Coproduction Forum
 
Place: Hogan Lovells
Address: Potsdamer Platz, 1 – Berlin
Date: Sunday, February 13th
 
For any further information, do not hesitate contacting us.
 
Best regards,
 
Olga Garrido
EuropeanProducersClub
42 Rue du Faubourg du Temple
75011 Paris - France
T: + 33 (0)1 44 90 06 13
F: + 33 (0)1 44 90 03 19
www.europeanproducersclub.org